Lenzia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Lenzia chamaepitys Phil. [2]
| Lenzia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Lenzia Phil. |
| Synonyms | |
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Lenzia vernonioides Sch.Bip. ex Phil. | |
Its native range is southern South America and it is found in Argentina and Chile.[2]
The genus name of Lenzia is in honour of Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870), a German teacher and naturalist in Thuringia and also historian of science, as well as a specialist in fungi and sponges.[3] The Latin specific epithet of chamaepitys refers the Ancient Greek words χαμαί khamaí latinized into chamae meaning "on the ground, to the ground/earth", and also πιτυς pitys meaning "pine", from resemblance of the foliage to that of pine trees.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Linnaea Vol.33 on page 222 in 1864.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Lenzia Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Lenzia chamaepitys Phil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 479. ISBN 0-207-17277-3.